Superstorm Sandy had a devastating impact on New York City in 2012, causing transportation disruptions, school closures, evacuations, extensive property damage, and the loss of 44 lives. On the 10-year anniversary of the storm, the city broke ground on the Brooklyn Bridge-Montgomery Coastal Resilience (BMCR) project, which will install a combination of flood walls and deployable flip-up barriers to protect the Two Bridges neighborhood between Brooklyn Bridge and Montgomery Street in Manhattan from a 100-year coastal storm surge while maintaining access and visibility to the waterfront. Under DDC’s management, BMCR will reduce flooding risk for thousands of residents.
GPI, in a joint venture partnership, supplies Resident Engineering and Inspection (REI), Project Management, and Construction Management Services for the BMCR project. Their responsibilities include submittal review and approval, HUD grant compliance monitoring, BIM 3D/4D/5D modeling, off-site fabrication, and quality assurance (QA) oversight for this crucial assignment. The project is being implemented through the traditional design-bid-build (DBB) process. REI services include two full-time resident engineers and multiple inspection, environmental, cost estimating, change management, and archaeological staff. PM submittal review services include civil, site, structural, marine, environmental, sewer controls and electronics, plumbing, and schedule review. QA oversight includes off-site monitoring of fabrication for aluminum flip-gates, structural steel roller and swing gates, water main fabrication, and landscape amenities.
Project Highlights
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Owner/ClientNew York City Department of Design and Construction
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LocationNew York, NY
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ServicesConstruction Engineering
Construction Inspection
Drainage Design
Stormwater Management
Traffic/Transportation Engineering
